<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<rss version="2.0"
	xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"
	xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"
	xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
	xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
	xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/"
	xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/"
	>

<channel>
	<title>TASMEDES.NL</title>
	<atom:link href="http://tasmedes.nl/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />
	<link>http://tasmedes.nl</link>
	<description>the personal website of Taede A. Smedes - philosopher of religion, theologian</description>
	<lastBuildDate>Fri, 22 Mar 2013 08:40:50 +0000</lastBuildDate>
	<language>en-US</language>
	<sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod>
	<sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency>
	<generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1</generator>
		<item>
		<title>This is not Stephen Hawking &#8211; or is it?</title>
		<link>http://tasmedes.nl/this-is-not-stephen-hawking-or-is-it/</link>
		<comments>http://tasmedes.nl/this-is-not-stephen-hawking-or-is-it/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Mar 2013 09:45:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Taede Smedes</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[cognitive science of religion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[humor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cognitive science]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[illusion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lego]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[perception]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stephen Hawking]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://tasmedes.nl/?p=497</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Very cool – Amazon.com apparently sells a Lego set with  which you can build your own Stephen Hawking. And it looks awesome. Now adults have excuses again to play with Lego – who’s next? Richard Dawkins, Daniel Dennett, or Albert &#8230; <a href="http://tasmedes.nl/this-is-not-stephen-hawking-or-is-it/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://tasmedes.nl/this-is-not-stephen-hawking-or-is-it/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>The nightmare of many a scientist</title>
		<link>http://tasmedes.nl/the-nightmare-of-many-a-scientist/</link>
		<comments>http://tasmedes.nl/the-nightmare-of-many-a-scientist/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Mar 2013 13:05:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Taede Smedes</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[humor]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://tasmedes.nl/?p=492</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Source: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BFetkoQCEAA1XPJ.jpg:large And just in case you didn’t get it: this is a fake…]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://tasmedes.nl/the-nightmare-of-many-a-scientist/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Have British astrobiologists found extraterrestrial life?</title>
		<link>http://tasmedes.nl/have-british-astrobiologists-found-extraterrestrial-life/</link>
		<comments>http://tasmedes.nl/have-british-astrobiologists-found-extraterrestrial-life/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Mar 2013 11:38:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Taede Smedes</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[cosmology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[evolutionary theory]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[extraterrestrial life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[astrobiology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[panspermia]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://tasmedes.nl/?p=483</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[One issue that fascinates me is the possibility of extraterrestrial life. Is there life out there? And if so, what does it look like? Is there another intelligent species somewhere? Moreover, what would be the implications of finding life elsewhere &#8230; <a href="http://tasmedes.nl/have-british-astrobiologists-found-extraterrestrial-life/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://tasmedes.nl/have-british-astrobiologists-found-extraterrestrial-life/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Is atheism a new faith? (video link)</title>
		<link>http://tasmedes.nl/is-atheism-a-new-faith-video-link/</link>
		<comments>http://tasmedes.nl/is-atheism-a-new-faith-video-link/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jan 2013 18:06:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Taede Smedes</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[(new) atheism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[atheism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[faith]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julian Baggini]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[new atheism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[religious belief]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://tasmedes.nl/?p=477</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[One discussion that arises again and again is the one about the question whether atheism is a kind of faith or even a new faith. Personally, I find this a lame discussion that goes nowhere. But then I read Dawkins &#8230; <a href="http://tasmedes.nl/is-atheism-a-new-faith-video-link/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://tasmedes.nl/is-atheism-a-new-faith-video-link/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Jared Diamond joins the choir of atheists</title>
		<link>http://tasmedes.nl/jared-diamond-joins-the-choir-of-atheists/</link>
		<comments>http://tasmedes.nl/jared-diamond-joins-the-choir-of-atheists/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jan 2013 08:25:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Taede Smedes</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[books]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[philosophy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[science]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[atheism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[book announcement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jared Diamond]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[new atheism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[religious belief]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[scientism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The World Until Yesterday]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://tasmedes.nl/?p=476</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Jared Diamond, the professor of geography from the University of California, Los Angeles, and who got his fame from voluminous books like The Third Chimpanzee, Guns, Germs and Steel, and Collapse has recently published a new book, titled The World &#8230; <a href="http://tasmedes.nl/jared-diamond-joins-the-choir-of-atheists/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://tasmedes.nl/jared-diamond-joins-the-choir-of-atheists/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Gert Scobel: Der Ausweg aus dem Fliegenglas (book review)</title>
		<link>http://tasmedes.nl/gert-scobel-der-ausweg-aus-dem-fliegenglas-book-review/</link>
		<comments>http://tasmedes.nl/gert-scobel-der-ausweg-aus-dem-fliegenglas-book-review/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jan 2013 08:20:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Taede Smedes</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[book review]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Der Ausweg aus dem Fliegenglas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gert Scobel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rationality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[religion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[science and religion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[scientism]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://tasmedes.nl/?p=473</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Just today I finished reading a big German book, Gert Scobel’s Der Ausweg aus dem Fliegenglas: Wie wir Glauben und Vernunft in Einklang bringen können (Frankfurt a.M.: S. Fischer Verlag 2010, 462 pp.). It’s a book that I can warmly &#8230; <a href="http://tasmedes.nl/gert-scobel-der-ausweg-aus-dem-fliegenglas-book-review/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://tasmedes.nl/gert-scobel-der-ausweg-aus-dem-fliegenglas-book-review/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Does Theology Have a Method? An Interview with Paul Allen</title>
		<link>http://tasmedes.nl/does-theology-have-a-method-an-interview-with-paul-allen/</link>
		<comments>http://tasmedes.nl/does-theology-have-a-method-an-interview-with-paul-allen/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2012 08:52:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Taede Smedes</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[science and religion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[theology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[book announcement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[books]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paul Allen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[theological method]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Theological Method: A Guide for the Perplexed]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://tasmedes.nl/?p=465</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Recently, the catholic theologian Paul Allen (Concordia University, Montreal, Canada) published a great book on theological method, titled Theological Method: A Guide for the Perplexed (T&#38;T Clark 2012). For many, theological method indeed is something to be perplexed about. Is &#8230; <a href="http://tasmedes.nl/does-theology-have-a-method-an-interview-with-paul-allen/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://tasmedes.nl/does-theology-have-a-method-an-interview-with-paul-allen/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>The BBC and &#8216;swearing aliens&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://tasmedes.nl/the-bbc-and-swearing-aliens/</link>
		<comments>http://tasmedes.nl/the-bbc-and-swearing-aliens/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Nov 2012 10:43:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Taede Smedes</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[humor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[aliens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brian Cox]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[exoplanets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[extraterrestrial life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hoax]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://tasmedes.nl/?p=450</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It’s as humorous as it is stupid. Brian Cox, the British astronomer and presenter of Stargazing Live, wanted to listen to a newly discovered planet live on BBC television. It was a planet that no one had listened to yet. &#8230; <a href="http://tasmedes.nl/the-bbc-and-swearing-aliens/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://tasmedes.nl/the-bbc-and-swearing-aliens/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>A very confronting short film about internet privacy</title>
		<link>http://tasmedes.nl/a-very-confronting-short-film-about-internet-privacy/</link>
		<comments>http://tasmedes.nl/a-very-confronting-short-film-about-internet-privacy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Sep 2012 08:40:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Taede Smedes</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[facebook]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[internet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[internet privacy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mind reading]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://tasmedes.nl/?p=437</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Are you worried about privacy on Facebook? Just watch this short film (less than three minutes), and be awed… or shocked. (Thanks to Tom Uytterhoeven for pointing me to this film and to the (Dutch) blog which features the film: &#8230; <a href="http://tasmedes.nl/a-very-confronting-short-film-about-internet-privacy/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://tasmedes.nl/a-very-confronting-short-film-about-internet-privacy/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Jerry Coyne and his empty vase</title>
		<link>http://tasmedes.nl/jerry-coyne-and-his-empty-vase/</link>
		<comments>http://tasmedes.nl/jerry-coyne-and-his-empty-vase/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Sep 2012 12:30:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Taede Smedes</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[(new) atheism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blogs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[evolutionary theory]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[philosophy of mind]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alvin Plantinga]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[anthropology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[atheism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[book review]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jerry Coyne]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[new atheism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[science and religion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Thomas Nagel]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://tasmedes.nl/?p=423</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[On his personal blog, evolutionary biologist Jerry Coyne has given his opinion of Thomas Nagel&#8217;s review of Plantinga&#8217;s book. To those familiar with Coyne&#8217;s rantings about everything religious, it will come as no surprise that Coyne has no respect for &#8230; <a href="http://tasmedes.nl/jerry-coyne-and-his-empty-vase/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://tasmedes.nl/jerry-coyne-and-his-empty-vase/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
		</item>
	</channel>
</rss>
